sordidus

Latin

Etymology

From sordeō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.di.dus/, [ˈs̠ɔrd̪ɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsor.di.dus/, [ˈsɔrd̪id̪us]

Adjective

sordidus (feminine sordida, neuter sordidum, comparative sordidior, superlative sordidissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. dirty, filthy, nasty

   Synonyms: incestus, impūrus

   Antonyms: pūrus, putus, absolūtus

2. of poor, mean, base quality, low-brow

   Synonyms: modicus, ignōbilis, humilis, abiectus, dēmissus

   Antonyms: altus, sublimis, excelsus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sordidus	sordida	sordidum		sordidī	sordidae	sordida
genitive	sordidī	sordidae	sordidī		sordidōrum	sordidārum	sordidōrum
dative	sordidō	sordidae	sordidō		sordidīs
accusative	sordidum	sordidam	sordidum		sordidōs	sordidās	sordida
ablative	sordidō	sordidā	sordidō		sordidīs
vocative	sordide	sordida	sordidum		sordidī	sordidae	sordida

Derived terms

• sordidātus

Descendants

• Borrowed:
  • → English: sordid
  • → Catalan: sòrdid
  • → French: sordide
    • → Romanian: sordid
  • → Italian: sordido
  • → Occitan: sordid
  • → Portuguese: sórdido
  • → Spanish: sórdido
• Inherited:
  • Directly:
    • Middle French: sourdre, soudre
    • Sardinian: sordidu, soridu (probably)
  • Via sordidior:
    • Old French: sordeire
    • Old Occitan: sordéjer, sordege (Gascony)
      • Occitan: sordaire
  • Via sordidiorem:
    • Old French: sordeior ⇒ estre li surdeur
      • Angevin: sourdeor
    • Old Occitan: sordejor ⇒ sordejar
      • Limousin: sourdejá
  • Via sordidius:
    • Old French: sordeis, sordois
    • Old Occitan: sordeis
      • Gascon: sourdeix (Béarn)

References

• “sordidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sordidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sordidus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• sordidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sordidus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 12: Sk–š, page 108